Todays truck configurations, weights, dimensions,
axle types, axle loads, tire types, and tire
pressures are very different from those used in
earlier studies. Thus, their impacts on pavements
must be studied and re-examined. Also the
traditional use of load equivalencies in determining
the impacts of these trucks is questionable. The
problem being researched in this book pertains to
developing an improved understanding of heavy
vehicles, environment, and highway pavement
interactions, and using that understanding to assess
impacts of alternative truck configurations and
develop...